Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Book Talk: A Conversation About Recently-Published Books

FICTION

The Highway, by C.J. Box

Breaking Point, by C.J. Box

Songs of Willow Frost, by Jamie Ford

Let Him Go, by Larry Watson

A Serpent's Tooth, by Craig Johnson

The Shelter Cycle, by Peter Rock

Death Al Dente, by Leslie Budewitz

The Gray Ghost Murders, by Keith McCafferty

The River Swimmer: Novellas, by Jim Harrison

Red Moon, by Benjamin Percy

Godforsaken Idaho, by Shawn Vestal

NONFICTION

Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet, by Todd Wilkinson

Empty Mansion: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune, by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.

Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape, by Brad Tyer

It Runs in the Family: A Memoir, by Richard Manning

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for God at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown

The Write Question blog

POETRY

Notes from the Journey Westward, by Joe Wilkins

Undergloom, by Prageeta Sharma

Rough Day, by Ed Skoog

Caught In Passing, by Zan Bockes

Nakoda Sky People, by Minerva Allen

YOUNG ADULT

The Apprentices, by Maile Meloy

The Wrap-up List, by Steven Arntson

Thrice Upon a Marigold, by Jean Ferris

CHILDREN

Have You Ever Seen A Bear with a Purple Smile?, by Laura Budds and Kadie Zimmerman

A Very Witchy Spelling Bee, by George Shannon

World on a String, by Larry Phifer

The Write Question on Facebook

COMING SOON

Sweet Thunder, by Ivan Doig (August)

Tumbledown, by Robert Boswell (August)

Montana, a novel by Gwen Florio (October)

Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel, by James Lee Burke (August 6)

The Write Question podcast

Chérie Newman is a former arts and humanities producer and on-air host for Montana Public Radio, and a freelance writer. She founded and previously hosted a weekly literary program, The Write Question, which continues to air on several public radio stations; it is also available online at PRX.org and MTPR.org.
Become a sustaining member for as low as $5/month
Make an annual or one-time donation to support MTPR
Pay an existing pledge or update your payment information
Related Content